The Armed Forces of Sweden has made a video about their work on the wedding day: all the preparations, rehearsals and the wedding day. The video is just fabulous, by watching it one finally understands how much work it took to arrange such a fantastic day. With over 6000 soldiers and volunteers at the cortege route and everything else. They have also filmed from the car at the cortege route on the wedding day, so one gets a feeling how it was then with all the crowds and soldiers.

This is the first time I have seen these clips. What a wonderfully warm and unique way to usher guests on a long trek between places. No formal "people movers" waving and pointing the way, Instead, a visually entertaining "Choir" singing, moving and dancing along, showing the way, making it a warm, welcoming and enjoyable experience for all the guests.

It seems not the smallest details were overlooked at this wedding. From start to finish it was sheer romance, not sickeningly cutesy fairytale, no allusion to Cinderella and Princess fairy tales (except Daniel assuring everyone he was "perhaps not a frog"). It all seemed so warm and intimate.

How they managed to orchestrate such a huge undertaking as the wedding and still retain that feeling of an intimate wedding is beyond me. Victoria and Daniel's total devotion to each other just seemed to flow out and engulf everyone, even those thousands of miles away watching on computer screens or televisions.

For all the beauty of many weddings, this remains the one closest to my heart as the bride and groom shared the intensity of their love. Perhaps it helped that the bride was already a Crown Princess and so, not overwhelmed by the sheer scale and pageantry of the occasion, but what remained was Victoria and Daniel dedicating their lives to each other with such sweet joy and inviting us to be there.

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